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Nexa Insight · Daily Briefing Daily Briefing: Ethiopia’s Army Blames Eritrea for New Uprising as Washington Unleashes “Economic Outcast” Campaign on Iran Nexa Insight · Regional Analysis  |  Published Sunday, 27 September 2026  |  7 min readAll claims independently verified across at least two reputable sources unless explicitly noted as single-sourced. President Donald Trump, who

Fighting between Ethiopia’s federal forces and a seven-group rebel alliance widened into what Tigrayan officials call a full war, effectively shattering the 2022 peace deal, as a seafarer was killed in a fresh Strait of Hormuz attack and Donald Trump reportedly rejected Iran’s own plan to reopen it. Verified developments, 23–26 September 2026.

A senior Iranian official says Tehran can reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if Washington eases military pressure, as Iran’s president heads to the UN General Assembly without a Trump meeting planned. Saudi Arabia leans on allies as its own missile interceptors run low, and the UN voices alarm over a new armed-group coalition in Ethiopia. Verified developments, 20–23 September 2026.

A Houthi ballistic missile reached Riyadh for the first time in this war and Saudi air defenses intercepted it, while Washington declined to intervene directly and Riyadh deepened its defense pact with Turkey and Pakistan instead. Verified developments, 19–21 September 2026.

Satellite imagery shows China has upgraded its Djibouti base with new surveillance equipment, boosting its reach across the Red Sea and East Africa, while Sudan’s army recaptured 11 areas in North Kordofan from the RSF. Verified developments, 17–19 September 2026.

Saudi Arabia said it intercepted a Houthi drone bound for Mecca and briefly put the holy city on alert for the first time since 2017, as fighting inside Yemen pushed displacement past 125,000 and arrivals in Djibouti neared 2,500. Verified developments, 15–17 September 2026.

Houthi forces completed their seizure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and a vessel was struck in the Strait of Hormuz, as the UN Security Council extended Sudan’s Darfur arms embargo by only one month and Eritrea accused Ethiopia of destabilising the region. Verified developments, 12–14 September 2026.

Former weapons inspectors say witness accounts back claims that Sudan’s army used chlorine bombs in 2024, as the Darfur arms-embargo deadline nears. Britain and eleven allies sanction Israeli settlements while Washington stands aside. Verified developments, 9–10 September 2026.